Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I make a bit of a distinction here that goes to the dishonesty of the Greens in the way that they portray a fuel reduction burn versus a regeneration burn and the suggestion that a fuel reduction burn might be in some way increasing biomass and endangering the community. It is about regenerating a forest after a harvest process. It is not a destructive process. It is a regeneration process. I do appreciate that the Greens are supporting the motion. I have not been contacted about any changes to this motion, so any suggestion that there has been a request for changes of wording in the motion I would have to say I reject, because I have not been contacted by anybody about it. So, again, if you are going to make claims in the chamber that requests have been made, it would be nice if you actually made the requests. But I do appreciate the support for the motion.

Question agreed to.